Rural Health Transformation Program Advisory Council
Wisconsin's Rural Health Transformation Program Advisory Council provides strategic guidance and input to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services as a part of the state’s implementation of the program. The council offers an opportunity to contribute to shaping how rural health priorities are addressed, bringing diverse provider, community, and lived experience perspectives to the table.
April 23, 2026
Past meeting materials will be shared here when available.
Rural Health Transformation Program Advisory Council members:
- Tiffany Allen, lived experience with rural health care, Grant County
- Julie Bulin, Oconto Hospital and Medical Center, Marinette County
- Jessica Coburn, lived experience with rural health care, Jefferson County
- Sara Cook, Scenic Bluffs Community Health Center, Monroe County
- Kandyce Dunlap, Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Health, Ho-Chunk Nation
- Sarah Endicott, individual provider, Green County
- Kimberly Lansing, individual provider, La Crosse County
- Andrew Miller, Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Tribe
- Tiffany Palecek, Price County Health and Human Services, Public Health Unit, Price County
- Eilidh Pederson, Western Wisconsin Health, St. Croix County
- Gustavo Perna, individual provider, Marathon County
- Sarah Pouzar, Children's Wisconsin, Winnebago County
- Ann Price, Florence County Human Services, Florence County
- Bridget Ray, lived experience with rural health care, Kewaunee County
- John Russell, Prairie Ridge Health, Dodge County
- Tracy Schlegel, lived experience with rural health care, Marathon County
- James Small, individual provider, Waukesha County
- Eric Stader, individual provider, Grant County
- Ana Tochterman, NorthLakes Community Clinic, Ashland County
- Chelsea Van Gundy, lived experience with rural health care, Monroe County
- Robert VanMeeteren, Wisconsin High Value Network, Sauk County
- Sara Wajek, individual provider, Langlade County
- Kristin Weiler-Nytes, individual provider, Clark County
Federal funding statement
This program is supported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $203,670,005.21 with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CMS/HHS, or the U.S. Government.